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Focused Ultrasound for Psychiatric Disorders: Clinical Trial Results Published

Researchers at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre published data indicating that focused ultrasound is safe and effective...

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Unite for #GivingTuesdayNow on May 5

#GivingTuesdayNow is a global day of giving and unity that will take place on Tuesday, May...

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Focused Ultrasound Foundation and Pancreatic Cancer UK Partner to Fund Innovative Study

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, and LONDON, UK – (April 30, 2020) The Focused Ultrasound Foundation and Pancreatic Cancer UK...

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What is Focused Ultrasound?

Like a magnifying glass focusing beams of light on a single point, focused ultrasound concentrates ultrasound energy on a target in the body without harming healthy surrounding tissue.
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What can Focused Ultrasound Treat?

Focused ultrasound is being researched for over 100 diseases worldwide. While most are in the early stages, commercial treatment is now available in the US for essential tremor, uterine fibroids, bone metastases, and the prostate, and others are being treated elsewhere.
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Frequently Asked Questions and Resources for Patients
Written by Tim Meakem, MD - Published: April 16, 2020
How Focused Ultrasound Can Help Combat the Opioid Crisis
Written by Lauren Powlovich, MD Published: March 12, 2020
Focused Ultrasound as the Future of Equine Medicine
Written by Kelsie Timbie, PhD - Published: February 13, 2020
This Technology is Going to Change Healthcare
Written by John Grisham & Gary Shapiro - Published: November 27, 2019

Patient Stories

DONOR PROFILES: RUSS CARSON

Russ Carson is a legend in the health care investment community, and he shares what he sees for the future of focused ultrasound...
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EXPERT PROFILES: STEPHEN SCIONTI, MD

Stephen Scionti, MD, is a leading authority on using focused ultrasound to treat prostate cancer...
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INDUSTRY PROFILES: PRO-HITU

Shenzhen PRO HITU Medical Co., Ltd., is an international Chinese R&D company that builds ultrasound-guided focused ultrasound systems...
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